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The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk

Enchantment — Saga // Legendary Creature — Avatar

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter.)
I, II — Scry 2, then draw a card.
III — Exile this Saga, then return it to the battlefield transformed under your control.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
mythic
Set
Avatar: The Last Airbender Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#7253
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The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk card art
The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk drops a massive Avatar creature onto the battlefield and generates real board presence the turn it resolves — the cost is that you're investing heavily into a strategy that lives and dies by the Avatar synergy density around it. In Avatar Aang decks built around Airbender Ascension triggers and Avatar-type stacking, it's a near-auto-include; outside that shell, it's a build-around without a home.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Avatar Aang

38.2% of decks · synergy 0.35

Avatar Aang decks want every Avatar body they can find, and The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk delivers one of the most impactful — the front side advances the story-chapter engine while the back side gives Aang a high-power Avatar ally that compounds the type-matters payoffs already running through the deck.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk is legal across Commander, Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its relevance is almost entirely Commander-shaped. In 60-card formats the Avatar type has no meaningful support structure, so it functions as a clunky standalone creature with no engine behind it. Commander is where the card belongs — specifically Avatar Aang builds, where the tribal density and chapter-based progression give both halves of the card actual work to do. Oathbreaker is a theoretical home if an Avatar-themed signature spell ever becomes viable, but Commander is the primary arena.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for The Legend of Kuruk // Avatar Kuruk isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live market rate before picking up copies. As a set-specific Avatar tribal piece, its ceiling is tightly bound to the Avatar Aang commander ecosystem — demand outside that deck is limited.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.